When will you realize, Vienna waits for you? It’s all right you can afford to lose a day or two. Well, all of the victims except this poor devil at the bottom who, if I’m reading things right, was sent straight to hell.
They built this statue to honor victims of the Black Plague. The expectation being that they wouldn’t do graffiti elsewhere. My guide told me that the city government allowed graffiti artists to do whatever they wanted to do for long stretches along the canal. Listen, I can’t help but notice that Europe in general has a noticeable graffiti problem. Great public transit and pretty good bicycle infrastructure as well.įine, so Vienna’s green. But never mind that, the important thing is that people really like to shop in Vienna. This is actually one of the Hapsburg’s smaller palaces. Oh, and this cool mural that I saw somewhere. Check it out if you get to Albertina Plaza. There is also a very moving collection of sculptures…. I do not know why.īut the rabbit wasn’t the most interesting thing in Albertina Plaza. There was the big green rabbit next to a big bottle of Champaign sitting on the roof of a souvenir kiosk in Albertina Plaza. There was a group of appreciative onlookers so my bet is on taffy.Īpparently the city is still in love with the 1949 noir flick “The Third Man.” Not only because it was filmed in Vienna but because the theme music was written by an actual Viennese who, according to our guide, “never had to work again.” Such are legends born. I saw these two young women rolling out something that resembled either giant economy sized taffy rolls or squid tentacles. I was not convinced.ĭo NOT approach this Basquiat character if you see him on the street. When I called them on it they claimed it was some pope or other. So I went into the humongous cathedral near the humongous palace and I couldn’t help but notice that they had a portrait of The Donald tucked away in a nearly hidden corner. Hardly anybody even mentions Joey Frank (left) Franz Josef’s illegitimate son by his winter palace chambermaid.
I mean, the heating bills alone have got to be ruinous in today’s dollars.Įverybody still talks about Franz Josef (right) their greatest emperor. Lots of really humongous buildings and colossal statues erected by royals who had more money then sense. It’s my guess that Billy Joel spent even less time in Vienna than I did. When will you realize Vienna waits for you? Billy Joel. You’re gonna kick off before you even get halfway through. You know that when the truth is told you can get what you want or you can just get old. Listen, I spent nearly six or seven hours in Vienna, so I’m in a great position to tell you all about it so you won’t have to go.
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